Core Practices and Beliefs - Chanting the Daimoku: The primary practice is the repetitive recitation of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, meaning "devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra". The Gohonzon: Instead of traditional statues of various Buddhas, the main object of devotion is a hanging scroll or mandala inscribed with Chinese and Sanskrit characters representing the ultimate reality and the Buddha nature of life. Enlightenment in this Lifetime: Unlike schools that require multiple lifetimes of ascetic practice, Nichiren taught that anyone can attain Buddhahood right now, exactly as they are in their ordinary daily life.